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Car crashes into building - please post your Local news stories
Running this one up the flagpole to see who salutes...
I just don't remember this being a thing until recently, now it seems a daily occurrence.
Could it be that there are drivers not up to the job, too many cars; should houses be made to ride in single file, shops put on high viz, why are we putting newer buildings in danger like this, it's irresponsible.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18649201.car-crash-wall-iceland-s...
'A Dorset Police spokesperson said: "Dorset Police was called at 12.48pm on Thursday, August 13, to a report of a collision involving a car and a wall outside Iceland on Poole Road in Bournemouth.
"It is reported that the vehicle was also in collision with a pedestrian, but they did not require medical treatment." '
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I used to cycle to school in the suburbs with those. They were useless....
- slc 1 hour 7 min ago
Joking aside, governments could require new cars to be fitted with smart ignition systems that operate only for a licensed driver. No doubt there...
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It sounds like a question from Ian Walker's motornormativity paper. Is it OK to dismember a (car|bike) when it is left in an inconvenient location?
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There is an increasing 'disconnect' between comments in this topic and reality. Cords are either all cotton or mostly cotton and are going to last...
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There are people out there who will make you the belt out of your old tyre.
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Furry dice and an air freshener for your helmet.
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Ah yes, those are hopefully not the 'master craftsmen' that has constructed a wide range of shoddy Italian cars and motorbikes over the years with...
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A SuperSix is definitely not an all-rounder....
- chrisonabike 11 hours 39 min ago
Just get them to walk a treadmill - or better, ride exercise bikes to power path lighting.
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Woman arrested in Farnham after crashing into 'giant promotional coffee cup'
She wandered off after the crash but was found down the road
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/woman-arrested-farnham-afte...
Maidstone homes evacuated after car crashes into block of flats
A safety cordon was put in place following the incident.
https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/maidstone-homes-evacuated-after...
Momo's open again in St Helens after closure due to car crash
https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/23742851.momos-open-st-helens-closur...
https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/23509053.man-18-taken-hospital-car-c...
Police called after car crashes into traffic lights in St Helens
https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/23737979.police-called-car-crashes-t...
Horror Smethwick crash as car smashes into front of house
A car went careering into the front of a property in Victoria Park Road
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/sandwell/smethwick/2023/0...
BMW carrying Gills’ players crashes in Woodlands Road, Gillingham
“It looks like it’s caused a lot of damage. The neighbours are shocked. The guy who lived there was opening his curtains as it happened so he saw it.
“This road has a school on it. It’s lucky it’s school holiday time or people could have been hurt.”
The owner of the house where the wall was destroyed did not wish to speak at length, only saying the driver “is a nice bloke, it was an accident”.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/gills-players-in-bmw-street-cra...
Follow-up: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/new-video-shows-moment-bmw-carr...
Front garden wall trashed after driver ploughs car straight into it
Emergency services swarmed the area
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/fro...
Hastings: Sussex Police arrest two after cars crash into shop windows
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23749374.hastings-sussex-police-arrest-t...
Car crashes into bridge on Sugarbrook Lane in Stoke Pound
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23750942.car-crashes-bridge-sugarbr...
"car might have crashed into garage" We're just a few 'back to school' stories away from the end of Silly Season 2023:
Police appealing for damaged garage information on Knapp Way
A GARAGE on a residential road may have been damaged by an attempted break-in or a car hitting it.
West Mercia Police have said that sometime between Friday, August 18 and Saturday, August 19, damage was sustained to a garage on Knapp Way, Malvern.
PCSO Collette Carpenter, of the Link and Dyson safer neighbourhood policing team, said: "It's unclear if the damage has been caused due to an attempted break [in] or if someone has tried to turn around, hitting the garage in the process.
https://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/23749845.police-appealing-damaged-...
Colchester letting agents was smashed into after dramatic car chase
One neighbour said: “A friend told me all about it, and he said it was chaos – there were lights everywhere and all sorts.”
Another neighbour said they heard “a big bang”.
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23751278.colchester-letting-agents-s...
Van crashes into ice cream shop off Lymington high street
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23753933.van-crashes-ice-cream-shop-off...
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/ice-cream-parlour-carries-on-a...
Three more linked stories from 2022 that I don't think we've had - maybe the first one.
Took me a little while to realise they have had to weatherproof the house with the car in situ.
From the BBC article "The pictures speak for themselves" - no they don't!
How? Why?
Also, the obligatory "you can't park that there, mate"
(...and why does the U.S. call the ground floor the 1st floor?)
Well, they're in the right place!
How is that just a traffic violation? Is the building part of the road system now and if so, they should have fined the people inside for jaywalking.
Looks like a fire risk blocking that exit - should be removed before the building is used.
When autonomous vehicles go bad
I will not post should have gone to Specsavers
I will not post should have gone to Specsavers
I will not post should have gone to Specsavers
I will not post should have gone to Specsavers
What were those adverts you mentioned...
Is it a particularly twisty turny tunnel, lots of junctions and bad sight lines...?
Bishop's Stortford : Police update - the truck driver has accepted a course of treatment and is in recovery.
The lights are on the floor, the carpet is on the ceiling and using the toilet is best avoided.....
Only debris blocking the pavement? Hmmm!
I spy with my little eye, something beginning with C
Can't top that! It'll cost hundreds and thousands...
EDIT - I hope they've put some cones out...
And in the Synchronised Range Rovers, it's 9.1 from the Swiss judge.
This is required more often than you might think.
OPTION BASE 1
It's the general police/prosecution principle of 'charge idiot drivers with the minimum possible offence'.
See also: almost every crash occassioning a cyclist death or serious injury.
LTN helps catch fleeing criminals
And its own sun that is always in your eyes
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